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Seeing mountains in molehills: Embodied visual perception of the environment

... for further exploration into the true nature of embodied cognition (Wilson & Golonka, 2013), we suggest the future of embodied visual ... resources influence distance perception . Social Cognition , 31, 721-732. Cole, S., Balcetis, E., & Zhang, S. ... / more

What can metaphors tell us about personality?

... we may speak metaphorically because we think metaphorically. Social psychologists have provided some evidence for this idea (Landau, Meier, ... Red”: Reaction time evidence for an implicit association. Cognition and Emotion, 26, 1445-1458. Gibbs, R. W. (1994). The poetics ... / more

More than meets the eye: Physical sensations influence first impressions

... perception shows that people can automatically perceive social categories, and also make surprisingly accurate judgments about other ... influence how we perceive people. Embodied cognition People can’t help but slot others into social categories, ... / more

Grasping the grounded nature of mental simulation

... (2008) refers to as mental simulation within a grounded cognition framework. The theory of grounded cognition proposes that our ... The Effect of Imagining. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 4(2), 293-30. Barsalou, L. W. (2008). Grounded ... / more

Word of mouth: How our tongue shapes our preferences, and why you should eat popcorn in the cinema

... that the body plays a major role in phenomena as diverse as social relations (e.g., IJzerman, & Semin, 2009; Schubert, Schubert, & ... : Mere effector matching induces preference. Brain and Cognition, 80 (3), 291-300. Strack, F., & Neumann, R. (2000). Furrowing the ... / more

Manipulating the body, measuring the body, and tinkering in the name of Psychology

... we connect them to more concrete experiences. We ground cognition in the body (Barsalou, 2008; Lakoff & Johnson, 1980). Often, ... Bargh, J. A. (2010). Incidental haptic sensations influence social judgments and decisions. Science, 328, 1712–1715. Barsalou, L. ... / more

Political ideology is more than just “liberal” and “conservative”

... (i.e., prejudice ). Both the popular media and social scientists themselves often divide the political world into two sets of ... left-to-right continuum (e.g., the motivated social cognition framework; Jost, Glaser, Kruglanski, & Sulloway, 2003). That ... / more

An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. Proccesses and Disorders

... in the Preface “an understanding of the disorders of cognition is an essential requirement for understanding the processes of normal ... Model: A Multilevel Framework For Attitudes and Evaluation. Social Cognition, 25(5), 736 – 760 Forgas, J. P. (2008). Affect and ... / more

Blame. What is it good for?

... I argue that while the former answer is dominant in social psychology, it predicts a dysfunctional system of blame that explains ... of causal and intentional analyses in moral judgment. Cognition , 108 , 353–380. Cushman, F. A., & Macindoe, O. (2009). ... / more

Patriot Acts: Why the USA’s recent decrease in national glorification might be a good sign

... tend to be more prejudiced and ethnocentric, believe more in social dominance, and are more concerned with military threat and cultural ... The case of the United States of America. Social Cognition , 29(3), 341-359. Clerkin, C. (2013). Creative we stand: ... / more